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Tae Yun Kim: “Martial arts in not just a sport. It’s a way of life, a way of living one’s life to its fullest potential”

The above is from an article in Tae Kwon Do magazine which Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim was the first female featured on the front cover.

“They are a way of life, a way of living one’s life to its fullest potential. They are ways of bringing harmony to your life through your body, mind and spirit – regardless of the circumstances around you”

But how can we apply martial arts practice in our daily lives? How can we balance our Western money-driven culture with ancient traditions from a different world and still stay pure while the world around us lies in chaos.

“Yes, it is easy to live the martial arts on the mat, but the real practice starts when we…

“All of us, at some time or another, have felt the limiting power of ” I can’t.” Even when we really want something, and even if that something is within our power, those two simple words can prevent it from happening. When you find yourself saying ” I can’t,” look deeper to see if you’re making another excuse. If you look honestly, you will usually find that your words “I can’t” actually mean “I could, but I won’t for…

“Red stimulates and excites your nerves, pulse rate and blood circulation, and lends energy to your entire system. When you are fatigued, lethargic or sluggish for any reason, red has an energizing influence. A little red in your environment gives warmth, a feeling of excitement and stimulation. Compassion, courage, and persistence are positive qualities associated with red; extreme passion & anger are more negative qualities. Food which helps impart vibration to you are plums, spinach, cherries, and radishes.”

“Orange strengthens your emotional body, encouraging a general feeling of joy, well being, and cheerfulness. It has an anti-spasmodic effect which makes it a favorable vibration for problems with muscle cramps. It helps remove inhibitions encouraging the mind to broaden and open to new ideas. A diet to fortify the orange vibration in your system includes oranges, tangerines, apricots, mangoes, peaches and carrots.”

2017 is rapidly coming to an end which means it is holiday season. Christmas is right around the corner and then 2018 will be right here. Have you achieved the goals you set out for 2017? Do you know what your goals will be for 2018? Like our founder Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim talks about, we must have a “future memory”. The goal we have set is already achieved in our minds.

At the Jung SuWon Christmas Party, it is a great opportunity to converse with the parents and students and get to know each other better. Many times, students are dropped off at the school and the instructors are always running the classes. There might not be an extended opportunity for instructors and parents to interact with each other. However, at Jung SuWon, it is a community oriented martial arts school and we want to make a positive…

To understand where invisible thoughts come from, you must realize that you have a conscious mine (accessible to your immediate awareness) and a subconscious mind (outside of your immediate awareness). The prefix “sub” means underneath; so by definition, you have thoughts and feelings “underneath” you conscious mind, which you are not aware of. You are however, affected by these thoughts and feelings. Although you are not aware of them, they still operate.

What is your subconscious mind? It is a storehouse of everything you have experienced –all your thoughts, feelings, memories; all the programming you’ve experience since you were born. It is like an amazingly accurate video and audio tap recorder of your entire experience. It is subconscious because your conscious mind was not designed to hold this volume of information. your conscious mind has a different responsibility: it processes only the information you need to function in the present…

“If you are not where you want to be, now is the time to figure out where you want to go and how you’re going to get there. But, there is no point in making plans until you know what you want. And to know what you want, you have to examine your priorities.”